Introduction
What is spotting error?
Spotting errors are asked in verbal reasoning. You need to spot sentences and error which are grammatically incorrect. This error can be anything. From noun to pronoun to singular/plural to word usage they can be anything.
How do you identify error in a sentence?
- Always read the entire sentence.
- When looking for the error, examine each choice individually.
- Check verbs and pronouns first, since they’re the most likely to include errors.
- When an answer choice contains more than one type of word, check both.
Q1
It would be determined (A)/ the fate of the already shown (B)/ crop in the crucial (C)/ post-germination that (D)/ vegetative growth stages.
- A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
All the parts except C are incorrect. Let’s look at the errors in the other parts of the sentence:
1. The usage of “be determined” shows the passive voice. However, to be correct “determined” should be followed by “by”, which is not the case. Even if “by” is added in the second part of the sentence, the complete statement will not make proper sense. So, the active voice should be used as given the structuring of the whole sentence, “it” is a the subject of the verb and not the object.
2. The word followed by “shown” is crop, so “sown” is a more appropriate word.
3. “That” does not make sense here. It should be replaced by the coordinating conjunction “and” as two associated entities are being talked about.
Q2
This negation of Kipling’s (A)/ literary legacy as a by-product (B)/ of his political views can, (C)/ however, only be seen as (D)/ cultural grandstanding.
- A. A
B. B
C. C
D. All are correct
There are no errors in the any of the sentence, hence option D is the correct answer.
Q3
While the US has been the initiator (A)/ in both, the result (B)/ uncertainties and upwarded (C)/ pressure on oil prices have (D)/ primarily impacted EMEs.
- A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
All the parts except A are incorrect. Let us look at the errors in the rest of the parts:
1. “Uncertainties” as given in C is a noun, hence “result”, which is also a noun cannot be used to modify it. The adjective “resultant” should be used instead.
2. “Upwarded” is not a correct word and “upward” should be used in place of it.
3.The usage of “have”, which is a plural verb, is incorrect here, as “pressure” is a singular subject. Hence, “has” should be used.
Q4
An alternate could be to revive (A)/ the Delhi governments online system to (B)/ monitor private hospitals who (C)/ became defunct barely a (D)/ year after it was introduced.
- A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
All the parts except D are incorrect. Let’s look at the errors in the other parts of the sentence:
1. “Alternate” means every other or every second. There could be alternate days, etc, but a verb cannot be followed by the word. Hence, the word must be replaced by “alternative”, which means available as another possibility or choice.
2. Here the online system belongs to the government, hence, the apostrophe ‘s’ must be used (government’s)
3. Hospitals are non- living things, hence “which” should be used instead of “who”.
Q5
The major team are filled with world-class (A)/ players who play for the bigger clubs in the (B)/ world over different managers, with (C)/ different teammates and according to (D)/ different formations and tactics.
- A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
All parts except D are incorrect. Let’s look at the errors in the other parts of the sentence:
1. “Team” is a collective noun which represents a group of people, and represents a singular subject. Hence, a singular verb “is” should be used with it.
2. “The bigger” is incorrect as the article “the” is always added before a superlative degree.
3. Players would play “under” managers and not 'over' them, thus, the preposition 'over' should be changed in C.